9418356

Streamlined Collaboration on Document

PublishedAugust 16, 2016
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
20 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A method performed on a client computing device, the method comprising: receiving, by the client computing device from an on-line e-mail system, an e-mail that includes an attached document, where the received e-mail indicates a sender of the received e-mail and at least one recipient of the e-mail; opening, by the client computing device in response to a request by a user, the e-mail, where the user is one of the at least one recipients; presenting, by the client computing device from an on-line document system in response to the attached document being selected, an on-line version of the attached document, and where permissions were set on the on-line version in the on-line document system sufficient to allow reading and editing of the on-line version by the sender and by the at least one recipient; displaying, by the computing device in response to the presented online version being closed, a user interface asking the user if the user wants to send a reply to the received email with any changes made by the user to the presented online version; and sending, by the client computing device subsequent to the user indicating in the displayed user interface that the user wants to send the reply, the reply to the received e-mail, where the reply includes a link to the on-line version with the any changes.

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2. The method of claim 1 , where the on-line e-mail system and the on-line document system are separate systems.

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3. The method of claim 1 , where the on-line version is edited via a browser-based document editor provided by the on-line document system.

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4. The method of claim 1 , where the on-line document system limits access to on-line versions of the attached document to users who have permission to access the on-line versions of the attached document.

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5. The method of claim 1 , where versioning of the attached document is provided based on on-line versions being stored by the on-line document system.

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6. The method of claim 1 , where the on-line e-mail system and the on-line document system are grouped in an on-line service.

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7. The method of claim 1 , where the attached document is a word processing document, a spreadsheet, or a presentation.

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8. At least one computer-readable hardware device comprising: memory comprising executable instructions that, based on execution by a client computing device, configure the client computing device to: receive from an on-line e-mail system, an e-mail that includes an attached document, where the received e-mail indicates a sender of the received e-mail and at least one recipient of the e-mail; open, in response to a request by a user, the e-mail, where the user is one of the at least one recipients; present, in response to the attached document being selected, an on-line version of the attached document, and where permissions were set on the on-line version in the on-line document system sufficient to allow reading and editing of the on-line version by the sender and by the at least one recipient; display, in response to the presented online version being closed, a user interface asking the user if the user wants to send a reply to the received email with any changes made by the user to the presented online version; and send, subsequent to the user indicating in the displayed user interface that the user wants to send the reply, the reply to the received e-mail, where the reply includes a link to the edited on-line version with the any changes.

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9. The at least one computer-readable hardware device of claim 8 , where the on-line e-mail system and the on-line document system are separate systems.

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10. The at least one computer-readable hardware device of claim 8 , where the on-line version is edited via a browser-based document editor provided by the on-line document system.

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11. The at least one computer-readable hardware device of claim 8 , where the on-line document system limits access to on-line versions of the attached document to users who have permission to access the on-line versions of the attached document.

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12. The at least one computer-readable hardware device of claim 8 , where versioning of the attached document is provided based on on-line versions being stored by the on-line document system, or where the attached document is a word processing document, a spreadsheet, or a presentation.

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13. The at least one computer-readable hardware device of claim 8 , where the on-line e-mail system and the on-line document system are grouped in an on-line service.

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14. A system comprising: a client computing device that includes at least one processor and memory; a first component of the client computing device configured to receive, from an on-line e-mail system, an e-mail that includes an attached document, where the received e-mail indicates a sender of the received e-mail and at least one recipient of the e-mail; a second component of the client computing device configured to open, in response to a request by a user, the e-mail, where the user is one of the at least one recipients; a third component of the client computing device configured to present, in response to the attached document being selected, an on-line version of the attached document, where permissions were set on the on-line version in the on-line document system sufficient to allow reading and editing of the on-line version by the sender and by the at least one recipient; a fifth component of the client computing device configured to display, in response to the presented online version being closed, a user interface asking the user if the user wants to send a reply to the received email with any changes made by the user to the presented online version; and a fourth component of the client computing device configured to send, subsequent to the user indicating in the displayed user interface that the user wants to send the reply, the reply to the received e-mail, where the reply includes a link to the edited on-line version with the any changes.

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15. The system of claim 14 , where the on-line e-mail system and the on-line document system are separate systems.

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16. The system of claim 14 , where the on-line version is edited via a browser-based document editor provided by the on-line document system.

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17. The system of claim 14 , where the on-line document system limits access to on-line versions of the attached document to users who have permission to access the on-line versions of the attached document.

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18. The system of claim 14 , where versioning of the attached document is provided based on on-line versions being stored by the on-line document system.

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19. The system of claim 14 , where the on-line e-mail system and the on-line document system are grouped in an on-line service.

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20. The system of claim 19 , where the attached document is a word processing document, a spreadsheet, or a presentation.

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Publication Date

August 16, 2016

Inventors

Daniel W. Crevier
Jason F. Moore
David Citron
Jennifer I. Shen
Gareth A. Howell
Jonathan A. Bockelman

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